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NASA’s “mission to touch the sun” is facing yet another delay, this time until Aug. 11 because of a small strip of foam found inside the spacecraft’s nose cone. The launch of the Parker Solar Probe, expected to come closer to the Sun than any other man-made object ever has, had previously been...

Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson said Tuesday that Royal Air Force leaders told her that the British military’s new Tempest program is not meant to compete with the company’s robust F-35 fighter program. “The comments to me were that this is a new fighter program,” she said. “It’s a complement...

A Canadian telecommunications company that ushered in the age of private companies sending television signals across the planet helped SpaceX move into its own new era. Telesat’s Telstar 19 VANTAGE satellite headed into space early Sunday morning aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket equipped with a...

Evan Cota digs the science of space. He digs the powerful rocket launches. He digs the thrill of scientific discoveries beyond Earth’s atmosphere. “How we live, how there are so many different planets,” the 13-year-old from Orlando said. “It’s very interesting.” But don’t expect him to be first...

Orlando’s hotel numbers grew last month faster than any U.S. market in three key metrics, according to data and analytics specialist STR. Occupancy rates jumped 6.1 percent to 83.3 percent, the average cost of a room jumped 10.2 percent to $127.86 and room revenue, also known as RevPAR, jumped...

An Orlando tech startup plans to add more than 50 jobs within the next 18 months after receiving a $10.5 million investment from an Atlanta venture capital firm. Officials with Fattmerchant, a payments technology provider, said the money from Fulcrum Equity Partners will also help develop the company’s...

A $500 million addition to the Orange County Convention Center has some hotel owners looking to capitalize by adding rooms years before work on the massive venue is expected to finish. At least 35 hotel expansion projects will begin this year or next, with the work expected to add nearly 7,000...

Electronic Arts officially confirmed that Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown will be on the cover of the Maitland-built Madden football video game a day after reports say his girlfriend revealed the news on Instagram. The 30-year-old Pro Bowler has quickly become one of the standards...